LD2221 • 2025

An Act to Amend the Composition of the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board

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Sponsor
Last action: 2026-04-03
Official status: Signed by the Governor
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Amend the Composition of the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board

An Act to Amend the Composition of the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

An Act to Amend the Composition of the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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Amendments

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C-A (S-557)

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR3059(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

Page 1 - 132LR3059(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
2221 2 Date: (Filing No.
S- ) 3INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8SECOND REGULAR SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

2026-04-03 Governor
Signed by the Governor
2026-03-26 Senate
PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.
2026-03-25 House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2026-03-17 Committee
Reported Out; OTP-AM
2026-03-02 Committee
Work Session Held
2026-03-02 Committee
Voted; OTP-AM
2026-02-24 Committee
Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Amend the Composition of the Landowners and Land Users Relations Advisory Board
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR3059(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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S.P. 905 - L.D. 2221
An Act to Amend the Composition of the Landowners and Land Users
Relations Advisory Board
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10157, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2023, c. 405, Pt. A, §28,
is further amended to read:
1-A. Appointment and composition. The Landowners and Land Users Relations
Advisory Board, referred to in this chapter as "the advisory board" and established by Title
5, section 12004‑I, subsection 49‑C, consists of the following 18 members:
A. Eleven Thirteen voting members, appointed by the Commissioner of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife:
(1) One representative of a statewide small woodland owners association;
(2) One representative of a large landowners association;
(3) One representative of a statewide farmers organization;
(4) Three representatives who hunt, fish or trap;
(5) Two Three representatives of outdoor recreationists, including one
representative of an all-terrain vehicle club, one representative of a snowmobile
club and one representative of a nonmotorized recreation industry with a focus on
hiking, wildlife watching, biking, paddling, trail running or other popular outdoor
pursuits;
(6) Two representatives of environmentalist organizations; and
(7) One representative of land trust organizations.; and
(8) One representative of an organization managing recreational access to the
North Maine Woods; and
B. Five nonvoting members:
(1) Two representatives of the Bureau of Warden Service, designated by the
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife;
APPROVED
APRIL 3, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
620
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR3059(03)
(2) One representative of the Department of Economic and Community
Development, designated by the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development; and
(3) Two representatives of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and
Forestry, designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and
Forestry.